2012-2013 Catalogue

Greek and Latin Languages (GKLT) (Certificate of Graduate Study)

Overview

Students and scholars in many disciplines (e.g. classics, history, English, Medieval studies, religious studies, philosophy) need proficiency in Latin and Greek to carry out research. Other students come to classics too late in their undergraduate career to acquire language proficiency at a level which qualifies them for Ph.D. or MAT programs. Still other students are high school teachers who want to expand their repertoire of teaching subjects or who simply want to improve their mastery of their subject matter. Every year, excellent students inquire about the M.A. program who do not have sufficient Greek or Latin. This certificate offers an intensive language experience designed for such students.

Curriculum

GKLT 381: Seminar. Intensive study at the graduate level of Greek or Latin authors not read in the candidate's undergraduate program. Credit as arranged (usually three per semester).

This course is conventionally labeled 381A for Latin and 381B for Greek iterations. This course meets concurrently with LAT 211/212 or GRK 211/212 but students enrolled at the 381 level are held to higher standards and do more work.

Two sections of GKLT 381, one in each language, are offered every semester.

The courses are taught in the following sequence, one per semester: LAT 211 Fall, GRK 212 Spring, GRK 211 Fall, LAT 212 Spring, then begin the cycle again. Thus Certificate students will get at least one semester of each sequence, with those who do the three-semester option getting three semesters. Occasionally, the order in a given academic year is reversed (e.g. LAT 212 Fall, then GRK 211 Spring), but that does not affect students' ability to fulfill the certificate program's requirements, as the courses need not be taken in sequence.

Certificate students are strongly encouraged to sit in on intermediate level classes or higher level classes which they are not taking for credit, though no credit will be given toward the certificate. Students will do daily preparation in these classes but not take exams or do projects.

These intermediate-level courses include a good deal
of syntax review and vocabulary building. As such,
they admirably complement the graduate-level courses.
The pace is slower and there is more emphasis on
explaining syntax and building vocabulary.

The aim of auditing lower level courses concomitantly
with their credit-bearing work is to give certificate
students something closer to a language immersion
experience.

In some cases, other graduate courses may be used in fulfillment of requirements, with explicit approval from the classics faculty. Certificate students must maintain a GPA of 3.00.